Improvement in brackets



A. D. JUDD. Bracket.

No. 215,523. Patented May 20,1879.

c, and their ends are spreat UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' ALBERT D. JUDD, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT lN BRACKETS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,523. dated May20, 1879; application filed Deccmber 23, 1878.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. Juno, of Orange, in the State of NewJersey, have invented an Improvement in Brackets, of which the followingis a specification.

I make use of a clamping device by which the bracket can be reinovablyconnected with .be obtained in the most convenient directions. In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the bracket as attached to a verticalbar or other support. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, and-Fig. 3 isa cross-section at 00 w.

The clamps a and b are hinged together at I apart, and terminate asclaws d, that project inwardly. The

screw 6, that passes through one jaw and works in a nut in the otherjaw, is used for drawing the jaws toward each other and clamping thesupport f, and causing the claws d to enter thereinto suiiiciently tohold the bracket firmly to the sash, window-frame, or

other support.

The joint 0 is made with a socket-block. h, the hole in which receivesthe stud '5 in the joint-blockk, and this supports the bracket 1, theparts being united by the joint m.

There is a holding-screw, a, in the socketblock h, which firmly holdsthe stud i in said socket. This construction allows the bracket 1 to bealways placed vertically, and the grasping-jaws a b to be turned on thestud L into either a horlzontal or a vertical position, and the partssecured by the screw n. The stud i .should be recessed for the end ofthe screw it.

In order to adapt the clamp to b to support ing the bracket with theclamp either vertical or horizontal, it is necessary that the block itshould be made in one piece with one of the clamps to or b, so as not toturn when the hinge c is horizontal. The other clamp is therefore onlyhinged at c to the block h at the junction thereof with the clamp.

The bracket I may be either single or double, and terminate with anysuitable stand or holder. I have shown the open-work dish a" at the endof the bracket adapted to receive a flower-pot or vase, a shaving-mug,or other useful or ornamental article.

There is a vertical hole in the joint-block k to receive the pivot s ofthe frame it, that supports a mirror, it. This construction allows themirror to be turned in any direction to accommodate the light, or theperson shaving by or otherwise using the glass.

I claim as my invention- I 1. The clamps to I), provided with the clawsd, and hinged together at c, in combination with the clamping-screw 6,block h, formed with one of the clamps, and the mirror-frame andvertical pivot, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the bracket and its supporting device, of thestud i, joint-block 7c, socket-block h, and clamping-screw n, forvarying the position of the supporting device in relation to thebracket, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the clamps to b, screw 0, joint-block 7c, bracket1, mirror-frame t, pivot s, and joint in, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 14th day of December,

A. D. JUDD.

